Wild weather has lashed south-east Queensland, causing experts to warn about Brisbane's drain network, with some claiming it 'isn't designed to take in flows' from intense heavy rainfall.
Queensland is no stranger to wild and extreme weather events but, with intense rainfall causing sporadic flash flooding more often, locals are concerned stormwater infrastructure isn't up to scratch."The water came up so fast, within about eight minutes it went from the path gutter to the front door," he said.Billerwell Daye owns Come To Daddy bar in West End, which experienced minor flooding after the heavy rain .
BOM senior meteorologist Steve Hadley said it will be difficult to predict where exactly the intense localised rain will fall.ABC News: Arianna Levy"We're already seeing the evolution of this wet season, including particular wet spells of weather which has increased the likelihood of flooding to so much of the south-east," he said.
Max Winders was one of the environmental engineers involved in the initial modelling of the devices. He said the latest weather events Brisbane and south-east Queensland experienced was due to local flooding — not river flooding. Rural Queensland hasn't escaped the recent wet weather either, with this Longreach cattle station copping some rain earlier this week, but Brisbane faces the unique problem of being a river city.Rather than being flood-resilient, Mr Winders suggests residents need to become "storm-resilient".
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